Fishing-bait kettle



(No Model.)

W. H. SHERWOOD.

FISHING BAIT KETTLE.

Patented June 3,1884.

J /zfzzz r ood, Attorney NYI-TEDS STATES PATENT OFFICE- wILLIs mensewoon, or STJJOSEPEMISSOURI.

- astimesm? KETTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,690, dated June 3. 18

Application filed May29,1 883. (no Model.)

To all whom it may consent! Be it known that I, WILLIS H. SHERWOOD,

I a citizen of the United States, residing at St.

Joseph, in the county of Buchanan and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fishing-Bait Kettles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l of the drawings is a perspective view of my invention, and .Fig. 2a vertical section thereof.

The present invention has relation to 'cer-, tain new and useful improvements in that class of fishing-bait kettles. known as minnow -buckets, in which is employeda .sup-

plemental bucket of perforated tin or wire cloth, removably suspended within the outer or main bucket, to hold the minnows and ad: Init of a free circulation of water between and around the two buckets, causing a continuous supply of fresh air, and consequently keeping the bait alive.

The object, therefore, of the-presentinven tion is to improve the construction of the above-mentioned class of fishing-bait kettles, whereby the .inside pail or supplemental bucket can be removed and placed in the water, the same as a fish-car, thereby keeping the bait alive for an indefinite time, also. improving the general construction of the device, as will be hereinafter described, and subsequently pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the outer pail, preferably of sheet metal, and provided with a suitable bail, a. Within the pail A is suspendedv a perforated sheet metal or wire-gauze pail, B, of somewhat less diameter than the outer pail,I-so asto leave a space between the two for the water to circa"- late. Unlike the perforated buckets usually employed, the bucket or .pailB is providedwith an annular rim, b, and downwardly-extending flange 0, thus perfectly closing the. space between the pails A B at the top thereof.

To the rim b is hinged a perforated cover,

(3, which, in connection with the rim, entirely; JOHN KEMMIN.

. what I claim as new, and desire 'sity of a supplemental cover,.while the flange 0 holds the pail B stationary within the pail A,- and prevents it from shaking when carry- 'ing the device. p

The .pail B is provided with a wire bail, 1),. 5 5

to whicha cord may be fastened, so that when said pail is lifted out of the pail A it can be anchored in any body of water for future use, thus keeping the bait alive for an indefinite time, while the handleor bail 0 serves as an additional means of elevating the pail B outof the pail A; v v v The cover G, although I have shownit as being perforated, may be made without per- .forations, and to securely fasten it in place a '6 5 spring-catch, d,- is employed. Thus the cover may be securely fastenedin a' closed position when the pail B is used independent ofthe pail A, and anchored vin a stream or body of water. v a 4 v The perforated pail is provided with a dip- 7 per, E;which is also perforated and provided with a-wire handle, e, said handle extending up through aguide sleeve, f, securedto the interior of the pail. When the dipper E-is elevated by means of the handle '0, the minnows to be used as a bait for fishing may be selected at the will of the, fisherman, and especially, in connection with l the perforated pail, is the dipper extremely 3 useful, as it may be used also when the pail is used while anchored in the body of water.

Having now fully described my invention,

to securf by Letters Patent, is.- a The pail A, in combination with the perforated pail B, provided with the rim b and flange c, .by which the perforated pail is suspended withintheouter pail, and provided with the dipper E, substantially as and. for the purposespecified. In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the' presence of two witnesses. WILLIS H. SHERWOOD. .Witnesses:

, WM. L. Lvxnns.

A closes the top of both pails without the neces' 5o 

